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February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 leejayuk

Former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara dies: Economics, nationalism, and legacy

January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Takeshiro Kanokogi: A world turned upside down

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 leejayuk

UN says 2,000 child soldiers killed in Yemen: Houthis and the Middle East 

January 29, 2022 leejayuk

Doctor killed in a hostage crisis in Saitama: Police take 11 hours

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Shinto: Mountains in blue, Buddhism, and Kami 

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 leejayuk

Burkina Faso new military leader calls for international support: ECOWAS

January 26, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and the early life of Kanzan Shimomura

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 leejayuk

Japan and the majority of prefectures covered by quasi Covid measures 

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 leejayuk

Tokyo in the snow and the calming influence of Shintoism: A lament! 

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 leejayuk

Tensions in Burkina Faso over soldiers seeking more funds to fight terrorists 

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art: Adorable mixture of trees and the lone Buddhist monk

January 23, 2022 leejayuk

Islamic State teaching children to execute Nigerian soldiers

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Sakai Dōitsu (1845-1913): Mount Fuji

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 leejayuk

Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen kill many: Endless suffering 

January 21, 2022January 24, 2022 leejayuk

NATO divisions and usual warmongers (UK and US): Russia and Ukraine

January 20, 2022 leejayuk

Japan Covid-19 infections reach a daily high of 46,200

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art, China, and Zen Buddhism: Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769) 

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 leejayuk

Colombia and 145 activists killed in 2021: Young indigenous activist killed this year 

January 18, 2022 leejayuk

Saitama tourism and Buddhism: Delightful Chichibu

January 18, 2022January 20, 2022 leejayuk

Tokyo and other regions set for quasi Covid-19 measures

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 leejayuk

UNHCR calls for support to end Sahel conflicts: Libya, Nigeria, and Islamists 

January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 leejayuk

Tokyo artist during the  Edo era: From fishmonger to esteemed art 

January 15, 2022 leejayuk

Japan hits 25,000 Covid-19 daily infections

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 leejayuk

Dutch winter landscapes based on Hendrick Avercamp by Japanese artist 

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 leejayuk

Kazakhstan witnesses quick pull out of CSTO forces: Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan 

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 leejayuk

Japan in a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases after New Year period

January 13, 2022 leejayuk

North Korea weapons program: Japan watching from afar

January 12, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Western influence in late Edo and early Meiji

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 leejayuk

Endless massacres by Islamists in Nigeria: Boko, ISIS, Turji loyalists, Fulani, and others 

January 9, 2022 leejayuk

The call of faith in the heart of Tokyo

January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 leejayuk

Kazakhstan in “shoot to kill order” to protect National Security

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 leejayuk

Tokyu Railways serving the Tokyo area wants to hike prices by 12.9 percent 

January 6, 2022 leejayuk

PM Kishida mulls quasi-emergency concerning Covid-19 in 3 prefectures

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Buddhism – the mirror of life! 

January 4, 2022 leejayuk

Al-Shabaab Islamists suspected of killing 6 Christians in Kenya

January 3, 2022 leejayuk

Japanese oldest person in the world reaches 119 years of age

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 leejayuk

PM Hamdok resigns in Sudan: Internal crisis is growing 

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 leejayuk

Art of Japan: Depictions of women in Edo Period

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 leejayuk

Japanese art and the majesty of the sky 

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 leejayuk

Japan welcomes in 2022 with grimmer demographic news

December 31, 2021 leejayuk

Tourism in Nagano and Jigokudani Monkey Park

December 30, 2021 leejayuk

Osaka clinic arsonist and murder suspect of 25 people dies

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 leejayuk

Buddhism and the Japanese calligrapher Sugawara Mitsushige: Bodhisattva Kannon

December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 leejayuk

Lebanon and President Aoun hints at closer ties with Gulf Powers 

December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 leejayuk

China and Japan Defense Ministers hold frank talks on Tokyo’s request

December 27, 2021 leejayuk

Sudan tensions erupt again after protests in Khartoum

December 26, 2021 leejayuk

Japan poetry and a life blighted by ill-health: Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)

December 26, 2021December 26, 2021 leejayuk

Islamists kill many in Burkina Faso and Niger

December 25, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and Hishida Shunsō: A life cut short

December 23, 2021 leejayuk

Japan fears rapid increase in Omicron Covid-19 variant

December 21, 2021October 31, 2023 leejayuk

TPLF armed forces to leave other regions of Ethiopia

December 21, 2021 leejayuk

Japan to provide more economic support to Afghanistan

December 20, 2021 leejayuk

Japanese art and Tanaka Hōji (1812-1885)

December 19, 2021 leejayuk

Super Typhoon Rai kills at least 100 people in the Philippines

December 18, 2021 leejayuk

Japan to reduce Covid-19 booster waiting time for the most vulnerable

December 17, 2021 leejayuk

Osaka fire kills many in a suspected arson attack

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and culture: Kaihō Yūshō (1533-1615), Buddhism, and China 

December 17, 2021 leejayuk

Imperfect return of PM Hamdok backed by Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, and the US

December 16, 2021 leejayuk

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for booster shots sanctioned in Japan

December 15, 2021 leejayuk

Belarus opposition gets long prison sentences: Draconian leadership of Lukashenko

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and the fusion of ideas: Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755)

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 leejayuk

Japan wants to improve evacuation missions after the Afghanistan debacle: US failure 

December 13, 2021 leejayuk

Burkina Faso and Niger kill roughly 100 Islamist terrorists

December 12, 2021June 3, 2022 leejayuk

Art of Japan and Ikeda Koson: Hinoki Cypresses

December 11, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and rinpa: Buddhism and high culture

December 10, 2021 leejayuk

Russian Federation warns Ukraine not to threaten Donbas: NATO military weapons

December 9, 2021 leejayuk

Japan supports the attendance of Taiwan at WHO gathering: China and democracy

December 8, 2021 leejayuk

South Korea in Covid-19 surge: Vaccine immunity waning among the elderly

December 7, 2021 leejayuk

The Chinese artist Shen Quan and his stay in Edo Japan: Sublime nature

December 6, 2021 leejayuk

India and the Russian Federation to strengthen ties: Putin to meet Modi

December 6, 2021 leejayuk

Mali massacre of bus passengers by Islamists and UN compound hit

December 4, 2021 leejayuk

Burkina Faso and Islamists are heaping sorrow on 1.3 million internally displaced

December 2, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and the individualism of Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799)

December 1, 2021 leejayuk

Japan denies entry to foreigners from nations of new Omicron Covid variant

November 30, 2021 leejayuk

Uganda with DRC support bombs ADF Islamists in eastern DRC

November 29, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and bijan-ga (beautiful ladies) of the Edo Period

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and self-portrait while dying: Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650)

November 24, 2021 leejayuk

China and Russia to increase military drills in Northeast Asia: Japan geopolitics

November 23, 2021 leejayuk

Bus accident kills 45 in Bulgaria: Passengers mainly from North Macedonia

November 22, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and the intriguing Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724)

November 22, 2021 leejayuk

Sudan coup leaders reinstate PM Abdalla Hamdok: Tensions remain

November 21, 2021 leejayuk

Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria to alter fight against Islamist terrorists: Instability in Africa

November 19, 2021 leejayuk

Uganda kills Islamist ADF terrorist recruiting cleric after the recent attack

November 18, 2021 leejayuk

United States drug overdose deaths reach 100,000 in 12 month period

November 17, 2021 leejayuk

Japan to allow people to mix third Covid-19 vaccine shot

November 15, 2021 leejayuk

Pakistan and religious minorities: Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, and others feel betrayed

November 14, 2021 leejayuk

India faces possible US sanctions over S-400 air defense systems from Russia

November 13, 2021 leejayuk

PM Kishida appoints Hayashi to the dismay of Abe and Aso: Foreign Minister and China

November 12, 2021 leejayuk

Sudan and new ruling council led by General al-Burhan

November 10, 2021 leejayuk

Ethiopia crisis: TPLF forces accused of raping women in the Amhara region

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